Why Higher-Intensity Workouts May Protect Fitness Better as You Age
This study suggests including higher-intensity workouts may help preserve aerobic fitness in older age.
Older adults aged 70 to 77 who did high-intensity training held onto their aerobic fitness much better over 5 years than those doing moderate workouts. Women doing high-intensity training showed essentially no decline in VO2 peak, while moderate exercisers dropped 4.6%. Intensity mattered more than total exercise time for slowing the age-related drop in fitness.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Funded by public Norwegian research bodies. Authors report no competing interests.
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